“I’m like a drowning man sometimes.” Reality and Dreams is the story of Tom Richards–a very successful film director in his early 60s–who suffers a serious fall while w… more →
Book AddictsKaren wrote 2 months ago: By Muriel Spark Book Club choice for June. It tied with John Fowles’s The Magus but had more p … more →
dcairns wrote 3 months ago: SECRET CEREMONY is a film maudit if ever there was one. Even many hardcore Loseyites find it hard t … more →
thefatalist wrote 5 months ago: The blue-eyed boy who wears a Bad Religion hoodie and drinks White Russians in Nice n Sleazys. Clare … more →
Karen wrote 6 months ago: By Muriel Spark I am listening to this book on audio, in ten-minute chunks separated by large period … more →
demonik wrote 8 months ago: Richard Dalby (ed.) - Mystery for Christmas ed. (O’Mara, 1990) Richard Dalby - Foreword Charles D … more →
Guru wrote 9 months ago: Allen Barra at the Salon on True Grit (via Maud): The 40th anniversary reissue of Charles Portis … more →
Tribe wrote 10 months ago: “I’m like a drowning man sometimes.” Reality and Dreams is the story of Tom Rich … more →
Tribe wrote 10 months ago: “That glint of a thin trail.” A Far Cry From Kensington is set in post-WWII England and … more →
Tribe wrote 10 months ago: “It’s what they want to believe that counts .” In The Public Image by Muriel Spark … more →
Tribe wrote 10 months ago: “I knew you were the one.” In Muriel Spark’s chilling novella The Driver’s S … more →
Tribe wrote 10 months ago: “Beware the ire of the calm.” Electronic surveillance equipment, bugging devices, rigg … more →
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 11 months ago: Spark’s modern classic was published before the Booker Prize was established but towers over two o … more →
Tribe wrote 11 months ago: “What am I doing with these people around me?” Millionaire Harvey Gotham, Canadian heir … more →
Tribe wrote 11 months ago: “I always knew your upbringing was a bit peculiar.” In the 1930s, Miss Jean Brodie is a … more →
Tribe wrote 11 months ago: “Practical jokers can easily become psychopaths.” Rowland and Nina Mahler operate the se … more →
Tribe wrote 1 year ago: “Have you ever thought there was something strange about your mother?” The Hothouse by t … more →
Tribe wrote 1 year ago: “The demonic will and singled-minded purpose of the mad.” Muriel Spark’s wickedly … more →
Ross wrote 1 year ago: Here I am, making plans to change London again. It wants shaking up every so often… indeed, I … more →